Minolta PI4700E user manual Making General Settings Before Using the Printer

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Installing the Printer Driver Chapter 2

Windows 95/98/Me

Making General Settings Before Using the Printer

The printer driver requires setting of items that are common to all print jobs, including the port to which the printer cable is connected and option- al devices configured with the machine. These settings must be made us- ing properties dialog box available from the Properties command after the printer driver has been installed or whenever the operating environment is changed.

The most common settings were made when the printer driver was in- stalled, meaning that you do not usually bother to change them. Some items must, however, be changed in the following cases.

Cases where changes are necessary	Applicable property tab
You want to add a comment to distinguish the printer	General
from others
The computer’s connecting port has been changed	Details
You want to change the conditions for the display of
a timeout error
You want to designate a port to which the machine is
connected via a network (this setting must be made
on a computer connected to the machine via a net-
work)
This setting is not related to printing.	Color Management
You want to share the machine with other computers	Sharing
connected to the same network (this setting must be
made on the computer directly connected to the ma-
chine)

For details of “Device Options Setting tab”, see page 4-2.

Displaying a Properties dialog box

There are two different steps to take to display a properties dialog box. The contents of a particular properties dialog box slightly differ depending on how you access it. Select the appropriate one according to your need.

(1)To display a properties dialog box from the Printers window

(2)To display a properties dialog box from an application menu Below are the detailed procedures for each approach.

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